NWSL

FT Saturday, November 11, 2023
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Seattle Reign FC DWWWL 1
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Snapdragon Stadium · 25,011 att.

Match Report

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NJ/NY Gotham beats OL Reign to win first NWSL title

World Cup winner Esther González scored the go-ahead goal on a header in first-half stoppage time and Gotham FC survived a wild finish to beat OL Reign 2-1 on Saturday in the NWSL championship game.

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Head to Head

SEA leads series 4-1

Lineups

SEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Claudia DickeyG
  2. 3Lauren BarnesCD-L
  3. 4Alana CookCD-R
  4. 21Phoebe McClernonLB
  5. 11Sofia HuertaRB
  6. 16Rose LavelleAM
  7. 10Jess FishlockLM
  8. 2Emily SonnettRM
  9. 9Jordyn HuitemaF
  10. 15Megan RapinoeAM-L
  11. 24Veronica LatskoAM-R

GFC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 24Mandy McGlynnG
  2. 11Ali KriegerCD-L
  3. 77MaitaneCD-R
  4. 14Nealy MartinDM
  5. 32Jenna NighswongerLB
  6. 3BruninhaRB
  7. 17Delanie SheehanCM-L
  8. 18Yazmeen RyanCM-R
  9. 10Lynn BiyendoloLM
  10. 23Midge PurceRM
  11. 9Esther GonzálezF

Timeline

  1. 6' Substitution, OL Reign. Bethany Balcer replaces Megan Rapinoe because of an injury.
  2. 24' Goal! OL Reign 0, Gotham FC 1. Lynn Williams (Gotham FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Midge Purce.
  3. 29' Goal! OL Reign 1, Gotham FC 1. Rose Lavelle (OL Reign) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bethany Balcer with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! OL Reign 1, Gotham FC 2. Esther González (Gotham FC) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Midge Purce with a cross following a corner.
  5. 69' Substitution, Gotham FC. Sinead Farrelly replaces Yazmeen Ryan.
  6. 76' Substitution, OL Reign. Quinn replaces Veronica Latsko.
  7. 82' Substitution, Gotham FC. Allie Long replaces Delanie Sheehan.
  8. 85' Substitution, OL Reign. Elyse Bennett replaces Jess Fishlock.
  9. 87' Emily Sonnett (OL Reign) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 89' Substitution, Gotham FC. Katie Stengel replaces Esther González.
  11. 90'+7' Amanda Haught (Gotham FC) is shown the red card.

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